By Gerunds, Learning English

Hi everyoneI just wondered if anyone could help - I have to write a profile of a chinese learner of English (completely made up). In it I must put any difficulties that the learner has in learning English as an L2. I have got so far:Intonation transfer from L1 may cause them to be perceived as...

Hi, Thanks again for your attention . Concerning to the sentence "She began to understand the lessons", I only asked you why we couldn't use: "She began understanding the lessons, because I saw a book saying that when we have verbs of beginning, continuing, and ending such as begin,start,cease,...

Anonymous wrote: When I concentrate my attention on the problem, I am not accustomed ___ interrupted. a. To be b. To being c. Being d. For being *** I thought "to" can only use with v., such as to be, to hear.... Why? Thank you, Hi, There are many verbs that work with prepositions and...

i think the one things are diffcult in learning english is to put ing(Gerund) or infinitive if anybody have advice to me when to put ing and when to put infinitive in acople of words i would be happy thnks all

Hello DaxiThe choice between an infinitive and a gerund for a given verb is an issue repeatedly discussed here.My rough rules are as follows:1. Time Relations between V1 and V2"V1 to V2" is preferably used when the activity V2 comes after the activity V1 in the time relation. (EX) He...

Goodman wrote:5)You had better have seen the doctor earlier. The tone and tense are rather odd. I would say “You had better” does not go with this context. If I guess correctly, do you mean to say” you should have seen the doctor earlier” ?HelloI'm interested in Goodman's discussion that "had...

1-- yes, the 'to' can be omitted. 2-- not grammatically right: you have an infinitive ('to do' set in parallel to a participial clause or gerund). Or you can look at it as 'have to do' = 'must do'. X'I must learning English'??

Good Morning Paco, I am a beginner in learning english grammer. Going by the replies, I have some doubt about the usage of gerund and infinitive. If there is no difference in meaning how will you describe the following situation. e.g. Mary has two babies A and B. Baby "A" is always having...

If redundancy is not an issue, then reduction results in ungrammaticality. I think Casi has hit on something there. Let me see if I can summarize the areas where we have consensus. I am assuming throughout that Casi’s ‘you/your’ = ‘one/one’s’. (Since the question of whether ‘-ing’ is a gerund...

I've read the thread, and what a wonderful discussion it is! Here are my humble thoughts on the distribution: Dangling (1) *After eating lunch, my bike was fixed. 'After eating lunch', an adverbial phrase, has the following internal structure: preposition + gerund + object. The main clause...